Medicare rules create a booming business in hospice care for people who aren't dying

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Over the past decade, the number of � ��"hospice survivors� �� in the United States has risen dramatically, in part because hospice companies earn more by recruiting patients who aren� �� t actually dying, a Washington Post investigation has found. Healthier patients are more profitable because they require fewer visits and stay enrolled longer. Medicare pays a hospice about $150 a day per patient for routine care, regardless of whether the company sends a nurse or any other worker out on that day. That means healthier patients, who generally need less help and live longer, yield more profits.

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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.